William O. Holston Jr, (P.C.) (Partner)

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights; Business Transactions; Civil Trial and Appellate; Church and Canon Law; Equipment Leasing Law; Probate and Surety Law Admitted: Texas (1981); United States Supreme Court; United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas Email: bholston@sullivanholston.com

Opinions:
Gramercy Ins. Co. v. MRD, 47 S.W.3d 721 (Tex. App--Houston 2001, pet. denied); Boles v. Stavely, 906 S.W.2d 185 (Tex. App--Austin 1995, writ denied); Lawyers Surety Corp. v. State of Texas, 753 S.W.2d 703 (Tex. App.--Austin 1988, no writ).

Education:  
University of Texas at Dallas (B.A., 1978);
Southern Methodist University School of Law (J.D., 1981).

Member:
State Bar of Texas;
Dallas Bar Association (Member: Business Litigation, Probate, Trusts, and Estate Sections, and Pro-Bono Activities Committee);
Mack Taylor Inn of Court.

Experience:
Bill is an AV rated lawyer who practices trial and appellate law in state and federal court, as well as arbitrations and mediations. He represents equipment leasing companies, banks and individuals in Bankruptcy Court as well as state and federal court in commercial collections and litigation. Bill has tried jury and non jury cases in Federal and State Court. He has handled oral arguments in numerous State Courts of Appeal and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. In addition Bill provides a wide range of consultation on general business matters for both for profit and nonprofit entities in a variety of different industries, including restaurants, insurance, construction, telecommunications and churches. This has included formation of Corporations and LLC’s; business sales; real estate closings; mergers; conversions and drafting of contracts.

Published Cases:
Gramercy Ins. Co. v. MRD, 47 S.W.3d 721 (Tex. App--Houston 2001, pet. denied); Boles v. Stavely, 906 S.W.2d 185 (Tex. App--Austin 1995, writ denied); Lawyers Surety Corp. v. State of Texas, 753 S.W.2d 703 (Tex. App.--Austin 1988, no writ).

Pro-bono:
Since 1987, Bill has been representing refugees to our country. Bill has provided pro-bono legal representation for political and religious asylum applicants and has represented applicants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Zaire (Now the Congo), Bangladesh, Somalia, China, Nigeria, Burma (Myanmar), Liberia, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Togo, Ethiopia and Russia. He has been a member of the Pro-Bono College of the State Bar of Texas since 1998 and is a member of the Pro-bono Activities Committee of the Dallas Bar Association. Bill has tried numerous cases in Immigration Court and filed briefs in the Bureau of Immigration Appeals. In 2005, Bill was humbled and honored to receive the Angel of Freedom Award from Human Rights Initiative. http://www.hrionline.org

Personal:
Mr. Holston was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1956. He and his wife Jill, live in Dallas and have two sons, Will, a freshman at St. Louis University and Fred, a sophomore at Woodrow Wilson High School.